Roofing joint



Jan. A12 1926.

l 1,569,641 J. F. STUCKERT RooFING JOINT Filed Sept. 14, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 m l @www Jan. 12 1926.

J. F. STUCKERT y RooFING JIN yFiled sept. 14,

1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

AUNITED STATES 1,569,641 PAT l.IOIIN FRANKLIN srUcKER'r, or rHILAnELPIIIA, PENNSYLVANIA. l.

ROOFING JOINT.

Application led September 14, 1925. Serial No. 56,134.

joints may be effectively sealed againstleakage. Y

Other. and further objects not at this time more particularly pointed out will be hereinafter referred to.

The invention consists'of the novel construction hereinafter described and finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which:

Fiom 1, is a fragmentary view in longitudinaigsection illustrating aroofing structure embodying the invention.

Fig. 2, is a view in cross section taken upon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. s

Fig. 3, is a fragmentary view in plan of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4`, is a fragmentary view in section illustrating a detail'of construction.

Fig. 5, is a similar' view illustrating still another form of construction; and

Fig. 6, is a similar view illustrating still another form of construction.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown in the accompanying drawings several forms thereof which are.

at present preferred by me, since thesame have been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Referring to the drawings in, detail, the reference numeral l designates SO-Called able material. These roofingboards are ENT oFFl roofing boards which maybe of any suit-y ,A

supported by any suitable structure 2 and may be secured to placeV by bolts 3, theV vnumber of which is immaterial, and which -may be arrangedy at desired points. `'The joints of the roofing boards are designated by the reference numeral 4 and extend longitudinally of the roof and it is such joints that I desire to effectively close.

va strip 5 which extends longitudinally, or

in other words, coextensive with. the joints 4. Arranged crosswise with respect to strips 5 are other strips 6, best seen in vFig.3. In

practice the strips 6 are located between thev roofing boards 1 andthe :strips 5. ySuch strips 5 and 6 are secured' withrespect :to the roofing boards 1 by bolts 3, said bolts being arranged at various intervals as vpractice may dictate. Extending in parallelism with each strip 5 are pieces of rope, hemp Covering .j each' joint 4 above the roofing boards 1 is or the Vlike 7, four strands thereof being j shown in Fig. 3. These strands ofrope or the like are extended around abolt 3, as

-clearly shown in Fig.- 8. Around the rope or hemp thus positioned is provided a filling of cementitiouscomposition 8, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. This cementitious material serves to maintain the rope, hemp or'y the like 7 embedded within the cementitious ma terial to provide an `eective and efficient sealing joint. Of course the bolts 3 and nuts complementary thereto serve to provide rigidity of parts. Some of the bolts 3 may carry inverted channel beams v9, see right hand side of Fig. 1, and also see Fig. 2. Thus the rope, hemp, or the like strands 4 may be also positioned between the roofing boards 1 and the channel beams 9, as shown in Fig. 2, so that by adding cementitious material between the floor boards and the said channel beam 9 efficient sealing means is provided by the addition of additional tape, rope or hemp. Arranged crosswise of the roofing material 1 are strips of metal 10 which extend beneath the strips 5 and are secured to place as at 11. Arranged beneath each strip 10 and crosswise of the roofing boards 1 are strands of rope, hemp, or the like 12, one end of two strands of said rope terminating short of the side pieces of the strip 5 and all opposite strands of rope or the like being folded as at 18 and extended thereafter below a strip 5 in parallelism with the strands of rope 7, see Fig. 3. In Fig. 2, strands of rope 7 and 15 are provided above and below the roofing boards. Beneath the ceinentitious material 8 is an inverted channel beam 9 and a gutter 16 is provided below'said channel beam.

In Fig. 4, cementitious material and the ropeor hemp is shown only above the roof ing boards.

In Fig. 5, the construction is the saine as that shown in Fig. 4, except'tlie channel bar 17 is not inverted as in Fig. 2 but assumes conventional position.

V.In Fig. 6, a pair of strips 18 are shown, one strip comprising an upper strip and the other strip a lower strip. Between these respective strips rope, hemp or the like 19 is provided and i ceinentitious material 8 provided as in the foregoing constiuctions. It will be obvious that any of the constructions shown at the right hand side of Fig. 'l and in Fig. 2, or in Figs. 4l, 5, and 6, may be practiced as various roofing structures may require.` The main idea, however, is the same in each instance, to wit: covering the joint between meeting roofing-boards to prevent the ingress of moisture, rain or snow water and the like. i

It will now be apparent that I have devised novel and useful constructions which embody the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description and while I have in the present instance shown and described the preferredembodiments thereof Which have been found in lpractice to give satisfactory and reliable resultsfit is to be understood that the saine are susceptible of modification in various particulars vWithout departing from the spirit Vor scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages. i 1

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,- is: y 1, f

l. A. roofing structure comprising in com bination, roofing boards arranged side by side with their side and end edges adjacent, a Hatstrip arranged above each seam between two parallel boards, fiat cross strips arranged above meeting end 'edges ofboards, bolts for securingsaid boards and strips in place, strands of pliable material as rope of circular cross sectionarranged beneath each strip, said strands being spaced apart and a pair of saidstrands paralleling each of said strips for at least a part of their exteiit,"aiid cementitious material in Which said rope is embedded;

2, A roofing structure comprising in com-l* binatioii, roofing' boards arranged side by side with their side and eiid edges adjacent,

.a flat strip arranged abovea seaiii between two parallel boards, flat cross strips arbolts for securing said boards and strips in place, strands of pliable fiiiaterial as rope of circular cross section arranged beneath each strip, said strands Vbeing spaced apart and a pair of said strands paiallelingieach parallelism with `the rope under `the first mentionedstrips, and cementitious materia in which said rope is embedded. i

In testimony whereof, Il have hereunto signed my name.

JOHN rRANKLiNxs'rUcKEirr.

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